The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-04-30

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top hat. We grin, and bow, and
scrape like belligerent bull, and
greet him affectionately, with all
sorts of congratulations about every
thing. BY the gloss of his clothes
VIC know that lie belongs TO the
aristocracy, and by the magnitude
of his gold chain we infer that he
has got the better of his creditors.
The overpowering brilliance of his
boots indicates that he walks in
fashionable circles. We all respect
him, sir, because he is man of
principle, and his principle is to be
insolent to his supposed interiors
and obsequious to his superiors. lie
is one of our society people. lie has
the freedom of the Palace, and is
always on hand at balls. by his
adroitness he has managed to "out-
run the constable" and there is no
public honor we refuse to him, so
long as he continues martyr to his
principle.
1t should be distinctly understood
by visitors to our shores and people
of short residence in the country,
that we do not feel ourselves bound
to or by the conventionalities OF
other countries. We consider our
selves at liberty to follow the bent
of our own inclination. And why
should we not!
1t is true, we have made feeble
attempt to copy from some of the
antiquated monarchies of Europe in
the matter of orders and decorations !;
but we have left them far behind in
the number and variety of our gold
washed jewelry. Then, we have
greatly improved on the method and
objects of bestowal. They make
their rather plain looking pieces of
brumagem difficult to get, and have
q ridiculous habit of bestowing them
upon select persons, as acknowledge
ments of long or distinguished
service. They are behind the times.
We are a progressive people, parti-
cularly in the matter of handling the
public revenue, and are masters of
that invention for getting to the
devil, known as quitting n beggar
on horseback" and have entirely
reversed the old European order OF
things. We make our state jewelry
as cheap as possible. We are parti.
cularly careful not to bestow it upor
old and faithful servants of the
realm. But every hummer that turns
up from the Coast with mouth full
of natural gas and head that sounds
like an empty beer barrel, we mak'
a Knight Of the Order of Deaths
head and Cross bones, and decorate
with the Star of Oceanica or th,
Moon of Samoa.
AT home, among our own people
to play "kiss me darling" ON ;
cracked guitar, to climb post will
an electric wire, to catch Il pig by
the tail, to rake up from the sant
the jaw bone of jackass, to bet
to 4 on horse race, and variety o
other noble deeds of similar higI
} order, are all sure forerunners o
r the distinguished honor of knight
, hood. And as our people are en-
a tremely expert in these various line
: of skilled performances, the decorf
: tions are more in number than til
: hairs on bald head. A grand bal
when the knights and the morning
: gather from the taro patches, an
the back slums, and the alley-way.
a and the wharves, and the novels,
the time and occasion to see I'll
glitter and the grandeur. Solomo
' in all his glory was not half so mas
: nificent, nor half so great muff.
G After all, we may not have got {
far ahead of the world as we imagin
$ and it is barely possible that we ms
+ be lot of fools, only we are not
t that opinion, at least those in Il
e circle are not. Perhaps the seda
+ people on the outside, harbor a di
suspicion that it may be so.